Section 26C: Security by registered usher
consolidated text (as at 2011). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
26C. Security by registered usher
(1) Every registered usher shall, before being appointed, enter into a
security, in such amount as may be prescribed by rules made under this Act,
by means of a bank guarantee or such other obligation as may be approved
by the Chief Justice, to be of good behaviour, perform the duties of his
office and comply with this Act.
(2) A competent Court may order that a security entered into under subsection (1) shall be made available for the payment of any damages, interest
and costs which the registered usher has been ordered to pay to a person
who has retained his services.
(3) Where the security entered into under subsection (1) has been used
for the purpose referred to in subsection (2), the registered usher shall provide fresh security up to the amount prescribed under subsection (1), or such
additional security as the Chief Justice may require, in order to continue to
exercise his duties under this Act.
(4) The Chief Justice may, in the exercise of disciplinary proceedings
against a registered usher under section 26G, order that the security be forfeited to the State.
[S. 26C inserted by s. 5 of Act 5 of 2011 w.e.f. 10 October 2011.]
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